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Feet and Mouths and Media
UFI: Feet and Mouths and Media Aug 23, 2012 From the Desk of Carol Soelberg: Abortion is in the media spotlight this week as a controversy brews in the U.S. over a political candidate's misstep and misstatement. United Families International does not wish to get...
Where Do You Stand?
UFI Alert: Where Do You Stand? Aug 1, 2012 From the Desk of Carol Soelberg: It's a good thing I'm an optimist! Each week as I review the worldwide threats to the family I am amazed that the anti-family agenda just keeps chipping away at the only sure source of...
Marriage, the Anti-Poverty Weapon
July 27, 2012 Marriage: The Anti-Poverty Weapon It's been all over the news this week: "U.S. poverty heads toward highest level in 50 years." Other countries around the world, notably Greece and Spain, continue to struggle with insolvency and surging rates of...
China One Child Policy
July 18, 2012 From the Desk of Carol Soelberg: This week we received distressing news of the election of Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as head of the African Union. This is particularly unfortunate news for unborn children. Dlamini-Zuma is the former Health Minister of South...
Exaggerated Costs of Children
July 3, 2012 From the Desk of Carol Soelberg: In response to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, United Families International used as its poll question: "Do you believe that it costs a middle-income family $234,900 to raise a child through age 17?" Here's...
Secret Abortions for Teens
June 29, 2012 From the Desk of Carol Soelberg: We're all still reeling from the U.S. Supreme Court decision to uphold "Obamacare." This piece of legislation is an affront to individual liberty and to religious freedom and must be repealed. We will be putting our...
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A Shining Light in This Present Darkness
by Christie Masters Pornography is one of the greatest enemies of love in our time and its effect on relationships is devastating. The statistics on pornography are astounding, and its availability online has made it like a great darkness that threatens to blanket our...
Step Aside and Turn It Off
by Diane Robertson Sometimes, it’s best to step aside, turn it off, quit watching, or just stop paying attention. After the US elections, all media outlets emerged with pictures and videos of people rioting, crying, and venting their emotions. Social media was full of...
The Secret to a Happy Family
by Ashley Corbaley "All happy families are alike." –Leo Tolstoy What does it mean that happy families are all alike? What makes a happy family? Parenting author, Charlotte Latvala shares six secrets for a happy family: Create Traditions Traditions do not have to be...
Is Marriage a Right?
by Erin Weist Following a petition and protest by thousands of Mexican citizens standing against redefining marriage in Mexican law, a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage was shut down last week as the Commission on Constitutional Matters voted against the measure...
Thank You, Veterans!
by Jennifer Johnson I am proud to say that I am the granddaughter of military veterans. My maternal grandfather served overseas during the Vietnam War, and my paternal grandfather would have deployed overseas during the Korean War were it not for health and family...
Looking Back, Planning Ahead
by Diane Robertson I started keeping a personal blog in the early days when blogging was still popular in 2007. I was a young mother with 5 small children and they were and are the topic of that blog. Those 5 young children aren’t so small anymore. Five more little...
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